Close to half a billion people could be in the path of sea level rise by 2100, a first-of-its-kind analysis has shown. The study, published in Nature Communications Tuesday, found that 267 million people currently live on land that is less than two meters (approximately 6.6 feet) above sea level, the range that is the […]
By Isabela Martel When British environmental geochemist Jon Hawkings arrived in Greenland for the first time in 2012, he was impressed. “It’s mind-blowing: You look onto the horizon and it’s just ice and it goes on for 150, 200 kilometers at least.” He went to the Arctic with a group of international scientists. Their goal […]
French researchers have found that an unusual fish, the coelacanth, can live up to a century, doesn’t fully mature until it reaches age 45, and spends years in the womb. Coelacanths are nicknamed, “living fossils.” Previously, it was estimated that the coelacanth was a fast-growing fish that lived for about 20 years. But, the new […]
As the U.S. West continues to bake amidst dangerously high temperatures, a new study from NASA and NOAA confirms that Earth is indeed heating up as the climate crisis persists. The research, published in Geophysical Research Letters Tuesday, involves Earth’s Energy Imbalance, or the difference between the heat our planet absorbs from the sun, and […]
A new species of frog has been described by scientists for the first time, and it’s a real rockstar. The new frog, introduced to the world in the journal Neotropical Biodiversity on Sunday, hails from the Ecuadorian Andes and bears the name Pristimantis ledzeppelin, or Led Zeppelin’s Rain Frog. “The name honours Led Zeppelin and […]
Flying taxis to help you skip a morning traffic jam? Sounds like a thing of the future, but the future might be closer than you think. With new backing from American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and Microsoft, UK electric aircraft manufacturer Vertical Aerospace is innovating to make environmentally-friendly, accessible urban air travel a reality. The startup […]
Antidepressants are designed to make humans feel better, but they can have a surprising impact on non-human animals when they enter the environment. That’s the take-away of a study published in Ecosphere Tuesday, which tested the impact of antidepressants on crayfish, important players in freshwater ecosystems, and found that they altered the animals’ behavior in […]
Researchers have devised a sweet solution to the plastic pollution crisis — turn it into vanilla flavoring. In a study published in Green Chemistry last week, scientists at the University of Edinburgh detailed how they used common bacteria to transform polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic into a useful chemical for the first time, and that chemical […]
In recent years, it’s been a fad to skip the straw to save the turtles, but what you may not know is that straws are not the biggest offenders when it comes to ocean plastic, according to a new study. Instead, researchers are turning their attention to takeout containers and convenience food as the worst […]
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